# תָּכַן (takhan)

Israeli respelling: ta-khan. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H8505. 13 Old Testament occurrences.

to balance, i.e. measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively, arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment. estimate, test)

King James renderings: bear up, direct, be (un-)equal, mete, ponder, tell, weigh.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/takhan-h8505

## Occurrences

- [1 Samuel 2:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/2/3) — Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are wei…
- [2 Kings 12:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/12/11) — And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they la…
- [Job 28:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/28/25) — To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
- [Psalms 75:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/75/3) — The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
- [Proverbs 16:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/16/2) — All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
- [Proverbs 21:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/21/2) — Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
- [Proverbs 24:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/24/12) — If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it…
- [Isaiah 40:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/40/12) — Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a mea…
- [Isaiah 40:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/40/13) — Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
- [Ezekiel 18:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/18/25) — Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
- [Ezekiel 18:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/18/29) — Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the LORD is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
- [Ezekiel 33:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/33/17) — Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
- [Ezekiel 33:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/33/20) — Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.